Images of social support reminders, but not learned safety signals, reduce long-term fear.

These results showed a significant overall interaction across stimulus types, F(2,52) = 3.616, p = .034, η 2 p = 0.122, such that the CS+ previously paired with the safety signal elicited significantly higher SCR than the CS-, t(26) = 2.502, p = .019, 95% CI[0.007,0.721], indicating a fear response was reinstated, while the CS+ previously paired with the social support reminder did not, t(26)=-0.633, p = .532, 95% CI[-0.210,0.397], indicating no reinstated fear response.Additionally, the CS+ previously paired with the safety signal elicited SCR marginally higher (but nearing significance) compared to the CS+ previously paired with the social support reminder, t(26) = 1.943, p = .063, 95% CI[-0.018,0.623] (see Fig. 5 c).

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